Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Subway poker

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete. Deville (Talk) 15:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Subway poker

Wikipedia is not a place for things made up in the pub one day Blood red sandman 21:29, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Its a game (Personal attack removed) (Googleyii 21:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC))

theres a movie http://imdb.com/title/tt0818537/ about it its played all over the world and (Personal attack removed) it was invented in Japan on a subway and there was a pod on Current TV (Googleyii 21:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC))

and http://tubepoker.com/ and if "Wikipedia is not a place for things made up in the pub one day" then i guess the Guinness Book of Records article should be deleted. (Googleyii 21:36, 27 August 2006 (UTC))

(all three of mine are one big Strong Keep)

  • Strong Delete nn fad that's in an nn documentary by an nn director. Yawn. Danny Lilithborne 22:29, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Documentary? I see no claim that it's a documentary. My assumption is that it's fiction (note the claim on the film's site that it's "an entirely original short film"). — Haeleth Talk 15:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep first of all prove that its just a fad and if it is twenty years and worldwide popularity is not a fad a fad would be something like wikimedia (69.69.160.132 00:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)) P.S. if "Wikipedia is not a place for things made up in the pub one day" then i guess its not a place for you
    • Comment I was made up in a pub one day? You don't make sense. You're the one that has to prove that it's not just a fad. And links to non-notable films by first-time directors don't hack it. Danny Lilithborne 00:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete unless verified reliable sources can be provided to support the notability of the activity of subway poker.-- danntm T C 02:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete due to lack of reliable sources. Substantially all relevant Google hits are in connection with the short film mentioned above. No relevant Google Groups hits as would be expected for a significant fad. --Metropolitan90 03:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per the above; non-notable game. Hard to separate fact from fiction; it's possible that it was invented in Japan as claimed, and indeed I found one website that describes, in passing, a game called "地下鉄ポーカー" (chikatetsu pōkā = "subway poker")... but it's the only website Google knows about that contains any mention of such a game in Japanese, which hardly suggests a famous game invented 20 years ago and controlled by criminal syndicates, as the film apparently claims. Basically, fails WP:V in its current state. (And the picture is a copyright violation that must be deleted ASAP.) — Haeleth Talk 15:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep The truth is Tube Poker is a multi- award wining fake documentary. The game (Subway Poker/Tube Poker) is actually the brainchild of director Simon Levene, however the popularity of the short film is such that the game IS now actually played for real by kids all over the world!!! And it is widely publicised and known about throughout the W.W.W. It is a case of life imitating art
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.